Actel Expands Sales Channel in Greater China
New Distributors and VARs Increase Penetration of Flash-based FPGAs in Telecom, Industrial, Consumer and Multimedia Markets
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., January 30, 2007 —
Actel Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTL) today announced that it has broadened the
company's extensive sales network in Greater China with the addition of two
new distributors and four new value-added resellers (VARs). Actel's new partners,
Acromax, Alltek, Asiacom, Plexus, Ipro and ZLG, will expand the company's geographic
footprint and increase the company's presence in key telecommunications, industrial
control, consumer and multimedia accounts in the region.
With the appointments of distributor Asiacom and VARs Acromax and ZLG in
China, the full range of Actel's field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are
now available to design engineers in such diverse locations as Chengdu, Chongqing,
Harbin, Hefei, Shenyang, Wuhan and Xi'an. New Taiwanese distributor, Alltek,
and VARs, Ipro and Plexus, round out Actel's aggressive move to increase market
penetration in Greater China.
"As China continues its drive for domestic innovation, the country's
design engineers need access to industry-leading products like the mixed-signal
Actel Fusion devices or low-power Actel IGLOO family," said Dennis Kish,
senior vice president, sales and marketing at Actel. "We see great value
in continued investment in the Greater China region and today's announcement
highlights our push for increased market penetration with the company's single-chip,
flash-based FPGA technologies."
Commenting on the appointments, Rick Lain, director of sales, Asia Pacific,
said, "For telecommunications, industrial and consumer applications in
Greater China, Actel's single-chip, nonvolatile FPGAs are attractive alternatives
for designers due to several advantages they offer, including low power, security,
firm error immunity and total system cost. The expansion of the sales channel
is critical moving forward, particularly as we respond to the sharp increase
in customer inquiries in the region following the introduction of the low-power
IGLOO family."
About Actel
Actel Corporation is the leader in single-chip FPGA solutions. The company
is traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol ACTL and is headquartered
at 2061 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, Calif., 94043-4655. For more information
about Actel, visit www.actel.com. Telephone: 888-99-ACTEL (992-2835).
Contact: Ivanya Terrazas, Actel Corporation, 650.318.4500
